The Osceola times., 1887-02-12
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Compiled from Various SsurceA
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
THE President is sad to object t2Iethe |
Interstate Commerce bill by reascn Of |
uncertain phraseology and the probable |
efect OF the operation OF the long arA
short haul and pooling sections.
The President has accepted q section OF
the Oregon q California railroad, begin |
ming at a point forty-five miles south Of
Roseburg, Ore, and running south hun
dred miles.
SWIFT MCNEIL (National) was elected TO
Parliament from South Donegal, Ireland,
on the 81.
THE President has not yet taken up the
bill 10 pension needy veterans and depend
ent parents He Is receiving great many
protests against some Of the principles IN
volved In this bill.
MAouAeL DAvirr and his bride were en-.
Enthusiastically welcomed on their arrival
at Dublin on the 81
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND has accepted the
resignation Of General r. NJ. b. Young,
of Georgia, Consul General at st. Peters
burg, but has not yet selected his sue
cessor.
OK the 50 the Greek Parliament was
opened by King George in person.
THB son OF Senator Fair, who made
little disturbance in Washington few
nights ago, was packed OF TO Panama the
next morning by his stern father. Sena-
tor Fair, IL Is said, hal offered his son u
round million OF his own IL he would alb
stain from liquor entirely for one year.
Up 10 last week the youth had an un-
broken record Of seven months. His first
Indulgence was IA severe one.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND has signed the
st. Louis bridge bill
CHANDLER j. WELLS, ex-mayor Of Buf-
falo, N. ", died ON the 4th
The Interstate Commere bill was ap-
proved by the President on the 4th.
J. h. WRiour, of Missouri, has becn
nominated TO be Chief-Justice af the
Supreme Court Of Arizona Territory.
A SENSATIONAL report comes from WASH
ington to the effect that a schehe is on
foot amoag the uitra-silver men to i'm
peach Secretary Manning,
REV. h. Is. WAKEFIELD, ID. d., professor
ofNew Testament exegesis in the Western
Theological Seminary at Pittsburgh, Pa,
announces his acceptance of tho call to
Princeton Theological Seminary, where
he will occupy the chair Of systematic and
polemic theology.
UNITED STArKs TREASURER JORDAN ad.
nits that he - TO be vice-president, and
Secretary Manning president Of the West
srn National Bank OF New York.
TuE Pope acknowledges the great
services Of the clerical party In Germany,
and urges then 10 continue TO work for
the removal Of exceptional ecclesiastical
laws.
TnR German ambassador to France has
received from the French Minister Of For
eign Affairs renewed assurances Of the
pacific intentions of France toward Ger.
many.
G. NJ. CLAY, of Kentucky, In a letter ia
the President, says 1t is better TO have
pleuro opneumonia, smallpox and cholera
spread over the United States than to
suffer the ravages which will result from
the importation OF. Australian rabbits
OK thu 5th Rev. Thomas Good man, W hG
preached the funeral sermon over the re-
mains Of Abraham Lincoln's father, died
at Terre Haute, Ind.
QUEEN VICTORIA will go 10 Aix-Le- Bains
in April, where she intends to erect Q
suburban villa on land she has recently
purchased there.
AFTER looking the field over, Attorney.
General Garland declares that the only
men he can find who are fully qualified te
serve on the Interstate Commerce Com
mission are Senator Cockrell, of Missouri
and President Cleveland.
On the 5th the President received u
delegation from the Indian Territory who
desired to protest against the Land-in.
Severalty bill.
NINE. FuRscH-MApI Is reported TO have
sued Manager Locke OF the National
Opera Company for S. 900. which she
claims Is her due as unpaid salary, &C.
cording to contract
MRS CLEv.LANp, having succeeded IN
heading of the uninvited guests, has re-
sumed her Tuesday and Thursday recep-
tions. Cheek will not pass the portals
hereafter.
OK the 9th Henry NJ. Stanley embarked
at Suez in the steamer Navarlno for the
Zanzibar district
COLONEL r. H. THOMPSON, OF Ohio, has
been appointed horse commissioner in
Russia, Germany and France for the
States OF Ohio ami Illinois.
RELATIoNs are strained between Senator
Warner Miller and Senator elect Hiscock,
Of New York, and the former refused TO
sit at banquet with the latter, saying he
had too much selfrcspect
MARTIN w. MCLEAN, treasurer Of the
Telegrsphers' Mutual Aid and Literary
Association of Boston, has been missing
since January %, and the officers of the
association have reason to believe that he
has got away with nearly $500 belonging
TO them.
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